Across France, people mourn those who lost their lives

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People placed flowers and candles in front of a memorial on the "Promenade des Anglais" where the attack happenedImage caption: People placed flowers and candles in front of a memorial on the "Promenade des Anglais" where the attack happened

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Buildings in Nice, illuminated in the colours of the French National flagImage caption: Buildings in Nice, illuminated in the colours of the French National flag

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In Paris, people gathered at the Place de la Republique, as they did after the Paris attacks in November 2015Image caption: In Paris, people gathered at the Place de la Republique, as they did after the Paris attacks in November 2015

Father: Nice attacker 'had nervous breakdowns'

Our Tunisia correspondent Rana Jawad is in Msaken and caught up with Bouhlel's father Monthir:

"He took his treatment, his medicine, and we thought he was doing well - here's the medical certificate. I took him to the psychologist, he followed his treatment but sometimes he would have nervous breakdowns and he would break everything and demolish everything. He has had a nervous problem and when he becomes nervous he breaks everything. He had problems with his wife and I think that added to his mental health issues."

He went on: "We cannot give in to fear or turn on each other or sacrifice our way of life. We cannot let ourselves be divided by religion because that's exactly what the terrorists want. We should never do their work for them."

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"We have an individual who was not known to intelligence services for activities linked to radical Islam," French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told French TV. Asked if he could confirm the attacker's motives were linked to jihadism, he said: "No".

BBC Proms opens with tribute to Nice attack victims

The first night of BBC Proms opened with a tribute to the 84 Nice attack victims.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra played France's National Anthem, La Marseillaise, at Royal Albert Hall.

Proms director David Pickard said the tribute was arranged early on Friday.

"Waking up to the tragic news this morning of the attacks in Nice I felt it was appropriate, as a mark of respect, that we open the 2016 Proms festival with a tribute to the victims," Proms director David Pickard told BBC News.

Analysis: The use of vehicles for attacks

This is the fourth time in under two years that someone in France has driven a vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians.

But the earlier attacks were on nothing like this scale.

The French authorities were quick to call this a terrorist attack, although there was no immediate claim by the chief suspect, the so-called Islamic State.

That organisation, based in Syria and Iraq, has been coming under increasing military pressure from US-led air strikes.

As far back as September 2014 its spokesman, Abu Muhammed al-Adnani, called for supporters to carry out attacks exactly like the one in Nice.

Professor John Gearson, who's an expert in National Security Studies at King's College, believes IS is currently favouring what he called spectacular attacks.

Using a vehicle as a weapon is a common form of attack in Iraq and Syria, where they are usually packed with explosives and driven into checkpoints or marketplaces.

In Israel, Palestinian militants have used bulldozers to attack pedestrians.

But in Europe this is a new and troubling development. In Britain, much has been learnt from measures taken against the Irish Republican Army. Those security precautions are now being hastily reviewed and updated.

'We need better intelligence'

A former French Europe Minister, Pierre Lellouche, was part of a commission on inquiry into the Paris attacks last November.

He says France's response to the terror threat has been deeply flawed.

"We need much better intelligence, much better coordination of intelligence inside France, among Europeans, with our neighbours controlling our borders - particularly the Turks. This is not happening fast enough," he told the BBC.

Mr Lellouche calls the current state of emergency - now extended - a joke.

Putting thousands of troops on the streets may help to reassure a nervous public, he says, but the fact that a violent tactic from the Syrian civil war has now come to the streets of Nice, suggests that the Middle East and Europe are now part of what he calls the same strategic space.

Queen 'shocked' by Nice tragedy

The Queen and Prince Philip have sent their "most sincere condolences" to the families of those who died in the Nice lorry attack and to the French people, adding they were "deeply shocked and saddened".